Means for electrically transmitting orders or signals and for indicating their nature and the points of transmission.



. H. QUER-TIER. MEANS FOR ELEGTRIOALLY TRANSMITTING ORDERS QR-SIGNALSAND FOR INDIOATING THEIR NATURE AND THEY POINTS OF TRANSMISSION.

. v APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1910. I mam 7w 2 SHEETS SHEET 1.

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- \NVENTOR, H\ L.1-\R Y QUE -HE Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

H. QUERTLER.

' MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY TRANSMITTING ORDERS OR SIGNALS AND FORINDIGATING THEIR NATURE AND THE POINTS OF TRANSMISSION.

I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, l9 10.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented ea. 2. 1913.

Application filed September 2, 1910. Serial No.'580,231.

To aZZ whom it mayconcem Be 1tknown that I, HILARY Qnnnrinn,v a

- subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Wellington, in theDominion of. New

Zealand, have invented a new and useful Means for ElectricallyTransmitting Orders or Signals and for Indicating Their Nature and thePoints of Transmission; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,

clear, and exact description of the same.

'- This invention relates---to.-apparatus that has been designed for thepurpose of electfrically transmitting any one ofa number of orders froma single transmission point or from each ofa number of separate transmitting points andfor indicating at a central point-the ordertransmitted and the point from which it has been transmitted by the oneoperation of the operator.

The invention-also relates to an indicator apparatus by ineans of whichthe number of messages or' orders in the system may berecorded.

i The inventioiiis particularly adaptable for electrically. transmittingorders in dining rooms, restaurants, cafes or other places, from thedifferent tables therein, to the kitchen or server (imay however beadopted sending a alarm of tire from a buildin 'oior street to a centralstation and for indicating the particular point of such building orstreet from which the alarm is transmitted together with the-name of thestreet 'o'rbuilding, I

in describing t e inve tions Will be described mainly as adapted forus'ein a res taurant for the purpose of transmitting and indicating any oneof live difi'erent orders from each of five tables. The principlesgoverning the construction-of the apparatus and the system of wiring andbattery connections, may however be'extended to allow for any number oforders'and any number 'oftransmissiongpoints, and mayaiso be varied tosuit diflerent purposes without departing from the-spirit; of theinvention.

In order that-the invention may be under stood, reference 'willbemade tothe accompanying sheet of drawings, in which lFigure 1 is a frontelevation of the indi-- cator. Fig.2 is a; front elevation thereof withthe front' removed. Fig. 3 is a detail of the means employed foractuating one of or other central point' as shown in Fig. 3.

the indicator pointers. Fig. 4 is a front elevation. and Fig. 5 a sideelevation of a indicators are employed, butother apparatus of likeprinciple may be used to obtain the-same result. forinst-ance, swingingcoils mounted between permanent magnets may be substituted. ConsequentlyWhere the terms electro-magnets and swinging armatures are used herein,they are to be taken as including their electric equiualents arranged.to cause the indicator poiriters to be turned'on pivots upon the closingof electric circuits in which they are arranged.

In carrvin out the invention a c'a'sin l is arranged to be supported ina suitable p0- sit-lon and Within the casing are arranged two sets oflive each of electro-magn'ets, oneset 2 being arranged to respectivelycorrespond with five different .transn1issi'on points, while the otherset-3 is arranged to res ectively correspond with five distinct or ersto be transmitted from each of the five difierent transmission points. Aswinging armature 4c is mounted upon a spindle 5 arranged between thepoles of the two coils of each elec'tro-magnet. This spindle isjournaledin the front of the casing l and extends out beyond such frontAn indicator pointer 6 is secured to the front the armature 4 is sodisposed that when the magnet is quiet, the pointer 6 may be turned to aposition inclined from the vertical by means of the finger piece 7 onits front face.

end of the spindle and i When the magnet is energized, the armature Willbe attracted to its pr des, causing the spindle to rock and the pointerto assume a vertical position.

. In Figsyl and 2 the five pointers of the set of magnets 2 are arrangedrespectively beneath numerals fixed to the-front of-the casing, whilethe pointers of the other set are arranged respectively beneath thenames?- F I of articles upon menu.

An electric hell or other sonorous signa. 8 is placed within or upon thecasing 1.

At each transmission point, say for in stance a table, a selector switchconstructir;

- of either of the forins shown in Figs. 4 or v 6, or of other suitableform, is placed. These respective switches each have a single contactpiece electrically connected with the corresponding'electro-magnets ofthe set 2, and each have five'contact, pieces connected respectivelywith the several electro-magnets of the set 3. The. switch is adaptedtdcon: nect the single contact. piece with any one of the five contactpieces, at will.

In the System of wiring shown in Fig. 7

the wiring for the first and fifth of the of the second set 3. From eachof such} will be caused-tosound.

magnets a wire leads to the respective contact piece of thefivevcontacts 12 of each selector switch. Thus upon the'switch being.operated to bridge the contact 10 with any oneof the contacts 12thecircuit will be completed and the corresponding electro magnets ofthe two sets energized and their pointers 6 turned up to indicate thepoint of "transmission and the particular order transmitted. At the sametime the bell 8 The two way switchll is provided to .allow of theelectro-magnetsbeing cut out ofthe battery circuit and for the bell Sbei-ng short circuited so that it may ring continuously if so desired,the wire leading from the battery to the electro-magnets 2 being alsocarried on to the second stud of such switch. v

In the construction of selector switch shown in Figs. 4 and 5 aninsulating block 13 is suspended over a table and is provided with aclip 14. for attaching a menu card '15 thereto. 1 1

The contact 10 is trunnioned in the center of the block and to it isattached the spring 'of'the frame.

switch lever 16. Arranged concentrically I around the blockf areitheseveral 'conta'ct be pressed into contact witheither one. The severalstuds "are numbered in accordance. with the numbers opposite the nameson the menu card and with the respective indicator pointers 6. Theswitch-lever 16 Y may be'duplicatedon the reverse side of the block "asshown in Fig. 5, the'contact studs being. carried right across theblock.

In the form shown in Fig. 6 the menu card 15 is mounted in a semirotating. stand extends, suchbar corresponding with tlie cbntact-IO. Thestuds 12'arearranged on menu and a sliding springswitch-lever 16 is l7upv one side of which af metallic bar 18 the frame 17' opposite eachname -on--': ithe mounted on thebar 1 8 a nd adapted to be moved upordown thereon so as to be pressedinto and made to contatrt-Wit-hany ofthe studs 12 desired and corresponding to the Iorderto be transmitted.This switch may fl1S O be duplicated on the reverse side What I do claimas my inventi'on and'desire to secureby. Letters Patent is:'-

. In means for the purpose herein describe'df the combination of asource of current; a

group of electrical transmission-point indicators each connectedtoone'pole'ofv said source; a-group of'electrical-smessagesindi- "catorseach connected tothe-other-pole of said source; a. plurality of messageswitches, one at each transmission point and each comprising a commoncontact, a plurality of message contacts and means for connectingthecommon contact with anyone of the connecting eachcorrespondingmessage contact .to the corresponding message indicator.

HILARYQUERTIER. "Witnesses;

W; ALEXANDER,- Y M. E. BROWN.

message contacts; means for. connecting each common contact. with thecorrespondingtransm ssion point indicator -and means for-

